jacob_b

Haven't other movies ripped off burning something in the water, though. Is that the only gripe about the film?

brainee

I can only assume DePalma was abducted on that day of shooting and replaced by a sitcom director.

Spiderbite

He was stoned.

DaveyJoe

Without Warning (1980)

Greydon's Clark low-budget film predates Predator with the story of a silent alien that hunts people in a remote location. I enjoyed the film overall, and was impressed to read after watching that it only cost $150k to make, half of that budget going to stars Jack Palance and Martin Landau. The crew really did make the most of their small budget and delivered a really fun sci-fi horror flick. Landau plays a grizzled ex-vet who claims to have seen creatures flying around at night attacking people. The locals dismiss him as crazy, but when a group of out-of-town campers claim that two of their friends were murdered, Landau is convinced.

Not only does this film seem to have inspired Predator, Kevin Peter Hall plays the creature in both films. This film is no Predator, but it really does a lot with what little it has. This movie has a solid cast of recognizable actors(including a very young David Caruso wearing frighteningly short shorts), creepy music, photography by Dean Cundey, and an effective creature designed by Rick Baker. There are some slow spots near the middle, but there's a good amount of suspense during the final act as the alien creature silently hunts its remaining victims. This was a first-time viewing on the Scream Factory BD and it looked great. My only disappointment is that Scream Factory tends to put spoilers or brazen images of the monster/creature on the packaging, which kind of ruins blind buys.




Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)

This is a silly film about aliens that look like Clowns terrorizing a small town, by turning people into cotton candy. The premise is ludicrous, but the actual film is wildly entertaining. This is the type of film that you wouldn't go out of your way to rent, but if you saw it on TV you'd make some popcorn and sit down and watch, amused by the sheer absurdity of what's unfolding onscreen. In the wrong hands, this film could have been a total disaster, and it probably should have been, but there's so much creativity in the gags and set pieces, that it's hard not to be won over.

The clowns themselves look great, and pretty much makeup for the near total lack of compelling characters. I agree that John Vernon brings some class and gravity to the production, and does a great job playing a no-nonsense local cop that the audience can't wait to see victimized by the alien clowns. I can't remember which network aired this regularly when I was young, but it was great revisiting this on BD looking pretty darn good. My favorite gags include a clown using a corpse like a ventriloquist dummy, skin-melting cream pies, and an endless amount of aliens piling out of a clown car. Good subset pick, especially with all of the bizarre clown sightings going on around the country. Impending invasion, perhaps?

Spiderbite

I just have to give a big round of applause for Green Room. It will likely be the most intense film seen in the subset this year.

For those of you that have not seen it yet, watch Blue Ruin once October is over. It is not a horror movie but a dramatic thriller (though some could argue horror) written and directed by the same guy. It is even slightly better than Green Room (my opinion) believe it or not.

Chad

No, I'll fix it. I think the checklist is screwing with me at this point.

Yeah, I get the name recognition thing. It's just they could of put Renée Estevez up there too since she's technically the star. She's not exactly famous or even a scream queen, but the last name is recognizable enough. Joe Estevez's niece!

No. If it has a Dark Shadows cast member in it, it counts. Updated the link to make it more specific.

Yep.

People voted for it.

It was supposed to be limited to the first 1,000 copies. I bought it back in July direct from Severin, so apparently it wasn't selling well. Or I just got lucky.

The Man with the Golden Doujinshi

They're the episodes that end in 0 and 5. You'll still miss some things. If you watch the full episodes that end in 0 and 5, and the first scene of everything else, you catch most of what you'd otherwise miss. Reason being for the slower episodes, any minor cliffhangers get redone at the start of the next episode and then you see how they turn out.

I liked the first one except for Forest Whitaker. The character annoyed me to no end.

I read they had an alternate ending that they talk about in the commentary. I've looked around online for what they talked about but I could never find it and I'm not in a hurry to sit through it again.

I like today's theme. I'm probably not going to watch Dark Shadows but there's so many other movies the cast have been in that there's no way someone can not find something to enjoy.

I'm going with Ruby. Don't judge me. I have my reasons.

shadokitty

For tonight's theme night, I went with a movie I hadn't seen in quite a while, Tales From The Darkside: The Movie. It still holds up.

cwileyy

I saw this a couple of years ago after a ton of hype surrounded the BD release. One of the most boring zombie movies I've seen. Yet, I still bought the BD whe Severin had their OOP bundle a while back and planned to re-watch it. This thread is making me rethink this plan...

Do you mean the one that came out this year or this one?

Is it better than the atrocious Black Devil Doll? Incredible trailer, terrible movie.

I had really high hopes for this one despite the reviews, and have been a fan of a lot of Max Landis' work, but Victor Frankenstein didn't do it for me. Started off interestingly enough, but really fell apart as it went on. It was an interesting concept, however.

Also, Dolls is awesome! (And pretty much anything by Stuart Gordon, for that matter.)

I'd read somewhere that the director had made some short films that used some of the actors, so Coscarelli let him direct the movie, and they used some stuff from his shorts in Ravager. Not sure if it's true, but could explain.

Also, Phantasm and Ravager will be released on BD in December, and apparently a boxset with all films will be released sometime next year, if you can wait!

Definitely agree with this statement. Both great movies, and I also think Blue Ruin is the better movie of the two. However, I see myself watching Green Room more often than Blue Ruin.

Are you guys hiring?

Trevor

Yep, there is a ton of range today.Just popped it in!Ignore the naysayers, House of Seven Corpses in a decent film, and the special features are very nice.

And yes! Working short right now, tired of the overtime.

TheBigDave

I watched that for the first time today. It was a lot of fun. Maybe not the best Tim Burton movie. But it was still really enjoyable. Good actors, cool sets and funny jokes.

Trevor

I seem to remember it getting a lot of hate, but I watched it for the first time today and loved it.

Chad

I was just half kidding. I've actually seen it before, although can't for the life of me recall if I liked it or not.

The recent one with Natalie Dormer.

That other one does look like good cheese, and it's on YouTube.

I'm using it as an excuse to open up this baby tonight:



Probably the most under the radar release of the year.

I enjoyed it the first time, and that was before getting into the TV show. It'll be interesting to see how it holds up once I've completed the series.

BobO'Link

I can't decide whether to watch the "Elvira Movie Macabre" version of Blue Sunshine or the Burton version of Dark Shadows... Then I also have my spankin' new BD of It Came from Outer Space that's staring me in the face... decisions, decisions...

numbercrunch

count me in on the blue sunshine movie tonight as well. i got the blu ray ready to go

ntnon

Tiny coincidences... Dark Shadows (Burton, Depp) is set in 1972, while Dear Dead Delilah is listed as being released in 1972. Both open with dated flashbacks, the main characters wander briefly in blood-spattered clothing...

Dick Laurent

I have no idea what this is. But I gather from the chatter here in the challenge that I should check it out.

shadokitty

Not many haunting shows can affect me, but I just finished an episode of Paranormal Witness, on SyFy, about a haunted jail, and how it affected one of the guards. It actually creeped me out.

clckworang

I ended up finally opening my Amityville Horror boxset and watched Amityville 3-D for today's theme. It was my first time watching it in 3D. Still not a good movie but more fun in 3D. Mixed thoughts on the Blu-ray. The picture did seem to get better as the movie went along, but there seemed to be a lot of issues early in the film.

And yes, I'm still doing the crazy shirt thing. For extraterrestrial night, I went with Giger

Tonight was a lot trickier. As I was going down the list of all actors who had made any appearance whatsoever on Dark Shadows, I ran into someone with a Friday the 13th Part 2 credit. While I don't have a potato sack Jason shirt, I do have plenty of hockey mask ones.

coyoteblue

Had a good night, tonight; got three movies in. Watched The Cat and The Canary (1939) for today's theme since I had it handy. Bob Hope and Paulette Goddard were so much fun in this I may have to break out The Ghost Breakers (1940). Followed it with Hocus Pocus (1993), which over the years has become a holiday perennial (even if you don't watch it every year, it's certainly prominently on sale this time of year, every year). Watching Kathy Najimy channel Curly Howard is certainly amusing. Finished off the night with a first time viewing of The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957), a better than average Katzman flick about the perils of chasing immortality. In a girl's juvenal facility, heh. It did include a historically and contextually correct reference to the Count St. Germain.

Still, tonight was an anomaly and I'll likely be sticking to my two movies a night schedule as best I can, weekends notwithstanding.

coyoteblue

If you liked that you should give a watch.

jacob_b

What is Green Room about and can it be streamed anywhere?

pacaway

First I have to agree about Blue Ruin. I saw it at a film festival early last year and it was one of the highlights. Haven't seen Green Room yet.

I am also wondering when the right time is to watch MY "spankin' new BD of It Came From Outer Space". Maybe even wait until B-Movie month? Not sure.

Chad

One of Anton Yelchin's last films and the subset pick for 10/14:

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/dvd-reviews...-day-14-a.html

Chad

Here's what they're donating:

1 Copy of Axe / Kidnapped Coed
1 Copy of Doctor Butcher M.D.
3 Copies of Horror Express (OOP)
3 Copies of Count Dracula
1 Copy of Vampyros Lesbos
1 Copy of Turkey Shoot

All Blu-rays.

Also, the Diabolik offerings have arrived. And Synapse has been contacted as per their request, so we should be hearing from them soon.